obtemperaret
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obtempero, obtemperare, obtemperavi, obtemperatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
obey; comply with the demands of; be submissive to; (w/DAT);
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...sese vestitum transferret et Iubae homini superbissimo ineptissimoque obtemperaret. Postero die universas omnium copias de castris omnibus educunt..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Faenium praefectum et expositis Caesaris iussis an obtemperaret interrogavisse, monitumque ab eo ut exsequeretur, fatali omnium ignavia..."